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Rohingya migrants stand and sit on a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman sea between Thailand and Malaysia on May 14, 2015.

World The Exodus of Rohingya Muslims Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Burma were spotted in the Andaman sea on Thursday as the exodus has fueled an intensifying migrant crisis. At least 6,000 migrants from Burma and

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German pediatrician Ingeborg Rapoport, 97, speaks during an interview in her house in Berlin

World 102-Year-Old Who Fled Nazis to Become Oldest Doctorate Recipient A 102-year-old retired neonatologist successfully defended her doctoral thesis on Wednesday, 77 years after the Nazi regime denied her the opportunity. Ingeborg Rapoport will become the oldest person

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Children react after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad near the Syrian Arab Red Crescent center in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus

World Undeclared Chemical Weapons Traces Reported at Syrian Military Site The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons took samples in December and January from a Syrian military research site that tested positive for chemical precursors used to make sarin and VX nerve agents, according to a media report

World Madagascar Treasure May Be Notorious Pirate Captain Kidd's Loot Divers recovered a roughly 50 kg (110 pounds) slab of silver off the coast of Madagascar that some suspect may have belonged to the 17th century Scottish pirate Captain William Kidd. U.S. explorer

In this Jan. 22, 2015, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady speaks at a news conference about the NFL investigation into deflated footballs, in Foxborough, Mass.

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